by guest speaker, Mark Stecher

 Series: Practicing the Presence of Jesus - Encounters that Renovate the Heart

Message: A Different Kind of King!
Text:  John 1: 29-36

I.     John the Author

II.    The Eager Israelites

III.   Testimony from John the Baptist  (v. 29b, 36)

IV.   Sacrifice

a.    Cain & Abel (Genesis 4:3-11)

b.    Abraham & Isaac (Genesis 22:7-8) “God himself will provide the lamb …”

c.    Moses & Passover (Exodus 12:7, 13)

d.    Jesus (John 1:29, 36; John 3:16)

V.   The Tabernacle

a.    The Law requires that everything be cleansed with blood and without the shedding of blood, there is no forgiveness.

b.    The wages of sin is death (Romans 6:23)

VI.   Jesus the perfect sacrifice

a.    A Lamb to slaughter (Isaiah 53:7)

b.    God presented him as a sacrifice of atonement through faith in his blood. He did this to demonstrate his justice (Romans 3:25)

c.    Christ the High priest (Hebrews 9:21-2)

d.    The perfect ruler … (Revelation 5: 12) WORTHY IS THE LAMB!